How many workers did it take to build the Taj Mahal at Agra, India?

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Building the TAJ MAHAL commenced about 1632. More than 20,000 workers were employed from India, Persia, the Ottoman Empire, and Europe to complete the mausoleum itself by about 1638-39; the adjunct buildings were finished by 1643, and decoration work continued until at least 1647. Construction of the 42-acre (17-hectare) complex spanned 22 years at a cost between four and five million rupees.---Refer Encyclopaedia Britannica. Dec 26 00, 5:14 PM

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